"That's how we ended up with the Shadow user—the Street Rat—going completely psycho. The corruption took hold, corrupted by the gateway, and he started killing everyone in sight before Hercules stepped in. Then the Painter showed up, reality started warping, and you all saw how that mess unfolded."
**LustVictim:** "Those people he killed were innocent."
**Cvc:** "He was probably just a regular guy before the blessing."
**RealityW:** "The Painter footage still gives me nightmares."
**ManHell:** "I was there when it happened, it was terrifying."
"And you all saw how that went," Nyxavere gestured to her screen. "Four cosmic-level beings fighting in the middle of Manhattan, buildings collapsing, people dying—until my family stepped in and actually fixed the situation the gods had created."
**CreatedCrisis:** "WAIT SO THE GODS CREATED THE PROBLEM THEN SENT HEROES TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS???"
